Essays on Animal Welfare

What do you first see in a zoo and what haven’t you paid any attention to? Zoos, a bunch of kids running around tourists taking pictures, sounds normal; except it doesn’t. No one realises that these animals are put up to this and are truly...

The first thing that come into the head when people hear ‘wild animals’ is that they are and exist in nature, they cannot be domesticated. They grow up in the wild, so that they face risk being killed by their predators, particularly when it comes...

Before the industrial revolution, when the New England states relied on the ocean for their profits, large ships sailed far and wide in search for one of the oceans grandest creatures. While the Southern states made their living off of their farm-land, along the East...

The influence of human behavior on our planet is evident through the effects of climate change. Many ecosystems are destroyed and animals brought to extinction because of our thoughtlessness. Only recently have we as species begun to notice, and therefore, try to bring about change...

The issue of whaling activities across the world has been contentious in nature, with these activities coming under intense scrutiny in recent times. The focus of this review regards how techniques initiated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), a non-government organisation (NGO), affects the...

People have been whaling and consuming whale meat and other products for generations. Many whale species are almost endangered due to excessive whaling, and many species are still considered endangered species. According to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), many species, including the right whale in...

Imagine a world where your tradition and culture are restricted by the uninformed views of others. A world where a happily living group of people face discouragement in preserving their own heritage because of other people’s oppressive actions. Unfortunately, this is a reality for the...

It can be seen, in recent times, that the controversial topic of the wellbeing and welfare of animals has struck large debates across the world. The Faroe Islands have been a victim of such controversy sparking conversation about its seasonal whale hunts. To understand how...

Whales are one of the most intelligent species in the world. They communicate via local dialects; they learn and share information among themselves; some have even displayed signs of grievance for dead offspring with an orca recently being observed carrying the body of her dead...

Many people around the world probably know about what has happened to the animal extinction, most people think that all of this has happened because of climate change, but in reality all of it is because of their habitats. In order to prevent the sixth...